[HN Gopher] Specifying Spring '83
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       Specifying Spring '83
        
       Author : nexthash
       Score  : 45 points
       Date   : 2022-07-26 02:03 UTC (20 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.robinsloan.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.robinsloan.com)
        
       | turnsout wrote:
       | This is super fascinating, as it combines several trends
       | ("brutalist" web design or Web 1.0 nostalgia,
       | federation/decentralization, ephemeral Snapchat-like "Stories"
       | with no history) but feels authentic and compelling.
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       | As ever, the issue will be achieving the critical mass needed for
       | the network effect to kick in. But the system is simple enough to
       | have a chance at succeeding (see Gall's Law)
        
       | smm11 wrote:
       | We could have gone so, so many different directions.
       | 
       | Still can, I'm thinking.
        
       | sogen wrote:
       | Sounds like Fraidycat
        
       | syntheweave wrote:
       | I mused on a very similar concept a few years back, without
       | writing more than a brief treatment. I complicated it a bit for
       | myself by also considering the idea of a periodic delay line loop
       | that has some of the properties of a reblog - a way to circulate
       | ideas repeatedly and add those of others to your own, making the
       | page fresh even when unattended.
       | 
       | But I think the basic idea is fine.
        
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